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New Smartphone Glass Screens Are Set to Be Developed by American Manufacturer Corning
Jan 7, 2014Corning's Gorilla Glass customers include Apple and Samsung Electronics. New smartphone glass screens are set to be developed by American manufacturer Corning this year. The shatter-resistant screens created with Corning's 3D Gorilla ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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Saint-Gobain to Reduce Dependence in Europe by Investments in Asia and The United States
Dec 4, 2013French glassmaking group Saint-Gobain said Wednesday that it intends to reduce its dependence in western Europe by making investments in Asia and the United States. The company which makes glass for home, auto and packaging makes ...
Tags: Construction, Glass
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Gorilla Glass Combined The Charactor of Toughness and Beauty
Dec 2, 2013Humans are prone to make mistakes either due to carelessness or sometimes just pure bad luck, we are lucky that we now have at least some kind of protection, thanks to nature and specifically in this case, thanks to gorillas. Gorilla ...
Tags: Gorilla Glass, technology, construction
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Sangalli Technologies Supplied a Full Training Service to a Brazilian Company
Nov 26, 2013Italian float plant group Sangalli Technologies has supplied a full training service to a Brazilian company. It supplied the service to Compania Brasilera de Vidro Plano (CBVP) of Recife, Brasil and which lasted six months for 10 CBVP ...
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Turnover Increased 18.4 Percent to a Record High of HK$5 Billion in The First Six Months
Aug 5, 2013Xinyi Glass (0868) said yesterday interim net profit surged 110 percent to HK$1 billion from a year earlier due to robust demand for float glass and energy-saving construction glass in the mainland. Turnover increased 18.4 percent to a ...
Tags: Glassmaker, Xinyi Glass
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The FTC Issued an Administrative Complaint Against The Two Companies
Jul 10, 2013The Federal Trade Commission challenged Ardagh Group, S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., alleging that it will reduce competition and result in the two firms - the merged firm and its only remaining ...
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Venice,a City of Enchantment, Is Also Besieged with Problems
Jul 8, 2013A CITY of enchantment, Venice is also besieged with problems. It is threatened by rising sea levels, polluted lagoons and a grim economy. And glassmaking, its most famous industry, has long been sinking along with the city. Murano, an ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, glass
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The Strong, Scratch-resistant Glass Is Tipped to Debut in Cars
Jun 14, 2013The strong, scratch-resistant glass used in more than 1.5 billion smartphones and tablets worldwide is tipped to debut in cars within the next 12 months. ‘Gorilla Glass’, manufactured by US glassmaker Corning, is used ...
Tags: iPhone Glass, Auto Parts
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Glass Fails,The Researchers Learn From The Failure,and The Cycle Repeats
May 8, 2013To make glass is to know failure. A glassmaker begins with powders of oxides, stirring them into a platinum crucible, then sticking the batch in an oven heated to 2,912° F, where the oxides liquefy into a molten state. He then removes ...
Tags: Working Glass, Glass
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Mexican Glassmaker Vitro Said on Monday That It Is in Talks with Its Creditors in The US
Feb 18, 2013Mexican glassmaker Vitro said on Monday that it is in talks with its creditors in the United States. The company made the comment to Mexico's stock exchange in a short statement that did not give further details. Vitro has been fighting ...
Tags: Mexican glassmaker, Vitro, creditors
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Gillinder Glass Is Celebrating 100 Years in Port Jervis in 2013
Jan 5, 2013Gillinder Glass is celebrating 100 years in Port Jervis in 2013, and to commemorate this milestone, wants to produce a very special sun catcher — "one that honors our area volunteers or service people." To do this, the glassmaker is ...
Tags: glass, Construction
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Vitro Has Initiated a Process in a Mexican Court
Dec 19, 2012Vitro announced yesterday it has initiated a process in a Mexican court aimed at recovering close to $1.6 billion USD in damages resulting from lawsuits which placed the company and 17 subsidiaries into involuntary bankruptcy, later ...
Tags: Vitro, Mexican glassmaker, glass, Construction
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Turkish Glassmaker Trakya Cam Signed Memorandum of Understanding with HNG
Dec 13, 2012Turkish glassmaker Trakya Cam said on Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with glass packaging producer Hindusthan National Glass(HNG)about joint ownership and operation of HNG's float glass business in India. Trakya Cam ...
Tags: Turkish, Memorandum, HNG, India
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Mdina Glass Produced a Limited Edition Glass Bauble Christmas Tree
Dec 13, 2012A team of glassmakers have recently installed the giant Christmas tree in front of the new Parliament building at the entrance to Valletta. The tree is made up of around 2,000 individual glass baubles made by Mdina Glass artisans, and ...
Tags: Mdina Glass, glassmakers, glass baubles, glass Christmas baubles
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Japan Advisory Did Not Show up for Tokyo Insider Trading Hearing
Dec 13, 2012TOKYO–Japan Advisory did not show up for a hearing on Wednesday called to allow the Tokyo-based hedge fund to contest charges of insider trading,increasing the likelihood the securities regulator's case against it will be upheld. ...
Tags: Tokyo, trading hearing, SESC